By dvdmike (65.208.234.61) on Thursday, April 10, 2003 - 07:18 am: |
I wonder if anyone from the Chicago area remembers this group. They were the sons of George Davis, who ran his brother Carl Davis' publishing arm. They called themselves Davis Import because they were all born in different parts of the world, as their dad was in the Air Force. Davis Import were Bruce, Glen, Cameron and Doug Davis. They signed with AVI Records in 1977 and released a local hit, "Starchild". It did pretty well in clubs around the Chicago area, but there was no promotion. "Starchild" was on an EP released in 1978 that also contained the songs, "I'm Glad You're Mine" and "How My Love Goes" (later covered by Major Lance). The disc was produced by the group and James Mack for Kelli-Arts Productions. A year later they released another single, "D.J. Devilish (Turn This Disco Out"), but with the same results. In December 1979, the group went into the Brunswick studio on South Michigan Avenue and recorded "You're The One"/"Fate" AVI Records. The session was produced by Davis Import and arranged by Tom Tom 84, who also co-produced. Released in early 1980, the song got some airplay, but failed to chart regionally or nationally. AVI never promoted thid group focusing their attention on non-groups such as El Coco and Le Pamplemousse. The only other AVI artist who had any success was Chicago homie Daryl Cameron who called himself Captain Sky. This proved to be the group's recording swan song. They still played live dates, but never recorded again as a unit. The brothers moved to Los Angeles in the mid-eighties and eventually chose careers outside of the music industries. Doug, my college running buddy became a successful attorney and branched out into film production. He was partners for a time with Bill Duke. Their partnership ended on good terms and today Doug is partnered with actor Mykelti Williamson.